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Backyard Composting
Want to increase the fertility of your soil without using chemicals?
Use Compost!
Want the satisfaction of returning the valuable nutrients of your grass cuttings and leaves back into your yard?
Create your own compost!
Backyard composting simply manages nature’s decomposition of organic material back into nutrient-rich, humus-like soil. Adding compost improves your soil and the plants growing in it. It is also the best way to manage yard wastes and avoid costs associated with disposal. After all, why pay to get rid of good nutrient-containing plant material that can be used to “fertilize” your yard?
Click on the links below to learn how to compost, how to build compost bins, and how to trouble-shoot any problems encountered.
Essentials of Composting (Cornell University)
What to Add/What NOT to Add (EPA publication)
Need to speak with someone? Call your County Extension Agent, they may have the information you are seeking.
MSU Extension Service publications:
- Home Composting
- Composting & Pruning, A presentation by Rene Kittle of MSU - Flathead Reservation Extension Service
Cornell University Waste Management Institute
Garden Forever - Beginner's Garden Composting for All Ages and Abilities
